A man and woman are devastated and considering pursuing legal action after their six-month-old bulldog Matilda died at a pet resort in Arizona.

"We put our trust in the wrong people. We trusted them that Matilda is going to be OK. We trusted them that she would have a fun day," owner Matthew Spott said.

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In a video taken the night before the dog's death, Spott and the pooch are seen having fun, excited for Matilda to "go to camp."

Spott maintains that when he brought the dog to Always Unleashed Pet Resort, he was extremely clear in telling the staff that Matilda could not swim, and that she must be kept away from pool.

Despite being assured that the staff understood, two hours later he received a call that Matilda had drowned.

The staff at Always Unleashed apologized for the accident, but the owner posted a lengthy message on Facebook arguing that the dog should never have been taken to the resort in the first place.

"How do we expect the staff to keep an eye on our (sic) dog when on this particular day there are 105 dogs???" screenshots show. "Matilda kept jumping in the pool, so they pulled her out and put on a life vest...well, she jumped back in the water and another dog pounced on her keeping her underwater."

Matthew's wife DeAnna tearfully told Fox 10 how upset she was thinking about how Matilda died.

"She was just the most well-mannered dog in the world, and to think that this is how her last moments were, at an unfamiliar place with no one helping her," she said.

Courtesy: Justice For Matilda

Spott has reportedly hired a lawyer to advise him on how to proceed. He and his wife have set up a Facebook page titled "Justice For Matilda."

In a folder titled Matilda Grace, the family has placed more than 130 pictures of the dog, showing how much she was loved and will be missed.